 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...written in a Country Churchyard,— THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day j The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea ; The ploughman homeward plods...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimm'ring landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds ; Save where the beetle... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...Ver. 2. The lowing herd wmd slowly o'er the lea] " The lowing herds through living pastures rove." The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves...and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pages
...London's spiry turrets rise, Think of its crimes, its cares, its pain, Then shield me in the woods again. ELEGY Written in a Country Church-yard. THE curfew...ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to met Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a... | |
 | 1839 - 894 pages
...name 1 Gray stole from this the idea of his Elegy I " The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves tin? world to darkness and to mo. " Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1820 - 548 pages
...executed. ELEGY IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods...and to me Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight. And... | |
 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 pages
...Churchyard. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting J^. ; , " The lowing herds wind slightly o'er theflIP? The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimm'ring landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds ; Save where the beetle... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1821 - 192 pages
...WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH- YARD. THE clirfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods...and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1821 - 196 pages
...ELEGY, WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods...and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 358 pages
...love and to forgive, Exact my own defects to scan, What others are, to feel, and know myself a man. ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD, THE curfew...slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods Us weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the... | |
 | 1821 - 282 pages
...WRITTEN IK A COUNTRY CHU11CH- YARD. THE cnrfew tolls the knell of parting day ; The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea ; The ploughman homeward plods...leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmMng landscape^ on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds ; Save where the beetle... | |
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THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness... 
